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georgie24
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(1/19/04 2:49 am)
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LOST KIDNEY DUE TO FMD

HELLO MY NAME IS IRMA AND I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH FMD ON 11/02 AFTER SUFFERING SINCE I WAS 23 WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND AFTER TRYING ALL KIND OF MEDICATIONS TO CONTROLED WITH NO SUCCESS. AT THAT TIME AN MRI OF MY KIDNEYS SHOW FMD AND 2 ANEURYSM IN BOTH OF MY KIDNEYS FROM KAISER I WAS REFERRED TO UCSF WERE I WAS SEEN BY THE VASCULAR SURGEON DR MESSINA WHO HAS SPECIALTY IN DEALING WITH FMD, I WAS TOLD THE ONLY OPTION WAS SURGERY AND THAT THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT WAS TAKING OUT MY KIDNEY AND RE-IMPLAMTING IT AGAIN AFTER THE ANEURYSM AND MY ARTERY WERE REPAIRED, WELL AFTER 9 HOURS IN SURGERY MY FAM WAS TOLD SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFUL (ONE OF MY BROTHERS NOTICED THAT THE DOCTOR WAS NOT LOOKING AT THEM WHEN GIVING THEM THE GOOD NEWS HE THINK HE WAS TRYING TO AVOID EYE CONTACT AND THAT HE DIDN'T LOOK TO CONVINCED) WELL HE WAS RIGHT AFTER 7 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL AND THE DAY I WAS GOING TO BE DISCHARGE I HAD AN MRI DONE WHICH SHOWS MY KIDNEY WAS DYING DR MESSINA GIVED ME THE NEWS AND WHEN I ASKED HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED HE SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER AND THAT HE WAS IN S

HOCK AS I WAS AND EVERY BODY ELSE? (DR. MESSINA IS WELL KNOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST SURGEONS IN CALIFORNIA, HE SAID I WAS HIS FIRST FAILURE) HE SAID THAT THERE WAS A 95% CHANCES THAT SURGERY WAS GOING TO BE A SUCCESS WELL IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND NOW I AM STILL TAKING 7 PILLS TO CONTROL MY BP AND WITH ONLY ONE KIDNEY. I AM SCHEDULE TO HAVE MY OTHER SURGERY IN FEBRUARY 17 TO REPAIR THE OTHER ANEURYSM AND I AM TERRIFIED DR MESSINA TELLS ME THIS SURGERY WILL BE LESS COMPLICATED AND HE IS TELLING ME THAT THE CHANCES OF SUCCESS ARE THE SAME 95% BUT EVEN THAT I TRUST DR MESSINA I AM VERY SCARE, I HAVE ONLY ONE KIDNEY BUT MY DOCTOR FROM KAISER TELLS ME THAT IS BETTER TO HAVE SURGERY NOW THEN WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN (ANEURYSM CAN RUPTURE, MY BP CAN GO UNCONTROLED AND ALSO HE SAID AGE IS A FACTOR I AM 43 NOW) PLEASE I WILL APRRECIATE ANY ADVICE, ANY INFORMATION, AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE IN MY SITUATION? I AM VERY DESPERATE I HAVE A SON THAT I WANT TO SEE GROW AND BE A GRANDMOTHER, A MOTHER AND FAM THAT I LOVE VERY MUCH. PLEASE I WILL APPRECIATE ALL YOUR PRAYES. THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL

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